Neuroscience Training: Meharry/ Vanderbilt Alliance

描述（由申请人提供）：此教育补助金的目标是 建立暑期项目，为代表性不足的年轻少数民族做好准备， 神经科学的职业生涯此应用程序利用了 最近，梅哈里医学院和 范德比尔特医学院。每个机构的长期承诺， 神经科学的培训促进了一个独特的计划的创建， 梅哈里在少数族裔招募和训练方面的实力与范德比尔特的 在基础神经科学研究和培训方面的实力。每个机构都有一个 资助的神经科学培训计划，将受益于增强 研究密集型机构与 以及一个历史上专注于培训非洲裔美国人的机构 少数群体具体目标有三个方面：（1）建立一个 在Meharry的神经科学本科暑期研究计划，针对 少数民族学生人数不足。研究机会将在 范德比尔特和梅哈里。（2）开发密集型入门级 课程在范德比尔特准备进入研究生为 Meharry/范德比尔特博士学位课程本课程将在 在进入研究生院之前的暑假。(3)建立基础设施 这将促进一项联合训练计划的成功， 神经科学，包括建立一个跨学科的博士学位。程度 在梅哈里医学院的神经科学专业

DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): The goal of this education grant is to establish summer programs that prepare young underrepresented minorities for a career in neuroscience. This application takes advantage of the strong ties fostered by a recent, official alliance between Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt School of Medicine. The long-term commitment of each institution to training in neuroscience has fostered the creation of a unique plan, combining Meharry's strength in minority recruitment and training with Vanderbilt's strength in basic neuroscience research and training. Each institution has a funded training program in neuroscience that will benefit from the enhanced diversity generated by a partnership between a research-intensive institution and an institution that has a historic focus on training African-American minorities. The specific aims are threefold: (1) Establishment of an undergraduate summer research program in Neuroscience at Meharry, targeting underrepresented minority students. Research opportunities will be offered at Vanderbilt as well as Meharry. (2)Development of an intensive entry-level course at Vanderbilt to prepare entering graduate students for the Meharry/Vanderbilt Ph.D. degree program. This course will be taught in the summer prior to entry into graduate school. (3) Creation of an infrastructure that will promote the success of a joint alliance-training program in Neuroscience, including the establishment of an interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree in Neuroscience at Meharry Medical College.